Sorry that this has taken so long for me to post the last two chapters of this story. I got caught up with school, work, and starting my photography business. I also changed the name of my username on here. It was The Broadviews, but I changed it to be closer to my name. This will be the last chapter of this story, unfortunately. I am thinking about doing a second story that would go with this version of Hermione and Draco. What do you think?
Also, I am going to go through and edit some of these chapters. I have read through them and some are not very good. A lot of mistakes were made in earlier chapters. I have also grown as a writer, and it just bothers me a lot that they are not up to par with what I think they should be. This is not to say that anything else I write, is going to be perfect. It will be far from it, actually. But I am trying.
Enjoy the final chapter of this story and don't forget to leave your comments! I love hearing from you guys!
Hermione must have fallen asleep, because when she awoke, she was alone in the massive bed. She wrapped herself in the blanket that had been thrown to the floor during their love making. She padded out of the room, to Draco's office. She figured she would find him there. He usually went there when he couldn't sleep.
Light seeped through the crack in the door and she could hear he was on the phone with someone.
" Yeah, I'm going to in the morning."
" No, I don't think she knows."
" Yeah, I know."
She wondered who he was talking to and what he was talking about? What didn't she know, if it was her that he was talking about. She made her way back to the room and slid into bed. He came back to bed, a while later. He was trying to be quite, trying not to wake her. But there was no need. She was awake, and she didn't think that she would be able to go back to sleep. His even breathing told her, he had fallen asleep. At least one of them could…
Hermione got up when the sunlight started to pour through the windows. She had been laying there for hours, with so many thoughts running through her head. She didn't know if he was going to reject her, or tell her that last night was a mistake.
She started to make them breakfast, but realized that he was out of eggs. She needed to get out of the apartment anyway, so she aparated to the market. She needed to clear her head. She was thinking the worst, how could she not? He could easily tell her that he never wanted to see her again. She would have to move. She wouldn't be able to find an apartment as nice as the one that she lives in now. She didn't want to move twice in such a short amount of time.
She was starting to panic and couldn't breath. She was never one to have a panic attack before, but she definitely felt one coming on. She fought Voldemort, but she couldn't handle rejection? She needed to talk to someone, so she dialed Ginny.
" Hey girl," Ginny said. " How did it go last night?"
" I don't know Gin! I thought everything was going fine. But last night, I woke up and he wasn't in bed. He was talking to someone about me and that he was going to tell me something in the morning. I wasn't able to fall back asleep, so I got up to make breakfast and he was out of eggs, so I left and started feeling like I was going to have a melt down. I don't know if I should go back!"
The words came out so quickly that they all ran together. She was surprised that Ginny could even understand what she had said.
" Okay take a breath," she instructed. " You need to go back and see what it is he has to tell you."
" What if he decided that he doesn't want to be with me at all?"
" I really don't feel like that's the case."
" But how do you know?" Hermione, whined.
" I just do."
" I don't know Gin. Something seems off."
" Hermione, it's fine. Go back to the apartment. Ask him, if you are so worried. I am sure he will be happy to let you in. He did say he was going to tell you this morning after all."
" I'm just so nervous."
" Don't be. Call me later, when you have talked to him."
Hermione hung up the phone and finished getting the things she needed for breakfast. She worried about it the whole time she was checking out, and put off her trip back. She stopped in unnecessary isles. Found new products she was never going to buy. And even Looked at the gluten free items, even though she could eat gluten. Eventually, she couldn't put it off any longer, she had to go back.
She apparated outside of his apartment. Her hand hesitated on the knob and she tried to talk herself into going inside. I can do this, she said to herself. I can do this. I have faced worse than Draco Malfoy.
As she was saying this, the door swung wide, and Draco was looking back at her, concern etching his face.
" Where have you been?" He asked. " I've been up for at least an hour."
" I had to get eggs," she stated dumbly, lifting the paper bag.
" It took that long?" he asked, confused.
She walked past him, into the kitchen and placed the bags on the counter. She didn't want to look him in the eye. She wanted to put off whatever it was that she knew was coming.
" Minoe, what's wrong?"
" Nothing," she responded as while putting the groceries away.
" Look at me Mione."
She turned her head and barely glanced at the tall, blonde. " I'm just putting these away."
Hermione felt his arms wrap around her, before she even heard him move. He brushed her hair to the side, so he could nibble the spot where her neck met her shoulder and left wet kisses up and down the curve. He knew it drove her crazy when he did it.
" Talk to me," he whispered. " What's wrong?"
" I heard you," she blurted and he stopped his ministrations.
" Heard me doing what?"
" Last night. I heard you on the phone."
That made him pull back and she turned to him, but still looking at her feet. She laced her hands in front of her body and squeezed them together. She was not going to allow herself to cry if he was breaking up with her. He grabbed her chin so he could look her in the eye. He didn't look upset, if anything he looked confused.
" Then why do you seem upset?"
" I don't know," she lied.
" Well," he started slowly. " What exactly did you hear?"
" I just got you back!" she practically yelled, tears pricking her eyes.
" What are you talking about?"
" I just got you back and now you're leaving me again."
" What?" He dropped his hand, confused as ever. " I'm not leaving you."
" You're not?" she sniffled.
" No," she huffed, and his hand went to his pocket. " You obviously didn't hear the whole conversation." He pulled his hand out of his pocket. " If you did," lowering to one knee. " You would have heard me tell Blaise." He showed her the little black, velvet box. " That I wanted the exact opposite."
He opened the box, and the biggest diamond ring she had ever seen, was sitting in the middle. The round stone, gleamed under the lights of his apartment and the two stones on the side, were only slightly smaller than the center stone.
" Draco…" she started, but he interrupted.
" Hermione Granger," he said, a genuine smile crossing his face. " Will you spend the rest of your life, fighting with me, loving me, and all around irritating me?"
" Oh that's romantic!" she scoffed, half heartedly swatting him on the shoulder. The tears started to fall then.
" Is that a no?" His smile faltered.
" It's a yes, you git!"
He slid the gorgeous ring onto her left hand and slowly stood so he was towering over her.
" Life was hell without you, and I never want to experience that again."
He dipped his head and kissed her deeply. She had never felt such happiness before. She would spend every day loving that man and nothing would stand in her way.
Thank you all for reading! I hope you enjoyed the story. I am still going through and editing a bunch of the chapters that I didn't like so much, but it is still going to be the same story, just better. I loved reading all of your comments you left and hope that I can continue writing these stories. I may do a sequel to this one, so stay tuned to my profile for that. I love you all so much!
